Are girls today hardy or foolhardy?

I am English but live in Australia. There are variable differences in heat and cold as this is a big country. I live near the Qld border which is subtropical. Our summers are hot so young people walk around practically naked. In winter (a relatively mild one compared to England) they still walk around practically naked but with ugg boots on and a scarf. Quite hilarious. I do wear warmer clothes myself as I feel the cold but when the southerners come up here in droves for the warmth they wear their summer clothes so I feel a bit overdressed!! I don't care - I'm old so I can do as wish!

Some girls are hardy; some are foolhardy. Twas ever thus and ever will be.

We get sunshine so very rarely I think some take every advantage when it does come out. Although we are not quite at the vest top and flip flops stage for our hunks out there, thank god. I use the word hunk very loosely. Yuk

Actually, you can see young girls in their Ugg boots (and the cheap imitations that look awful when they pronate in them) all through the year even on the hottest days. They'll put up with any discomfort in the name of fashion. My feet would be throbbing in fur lined boots in summer!

My DMil used to that when she was young her pride kept her warm so it's not just a modern phenomenon as her heydays were back the early 1940s!

I didn't feel the cold when I was young. As a student in Yorks I would go home in the snow after a night out in a v short thin dress with a short, thin leather coat on top, thin tights, stilettos, no scarf, no gloves, no hat. And certainly no layers under the dress.

They say you know you are properly grown up when you wrap up warm without your mother telling you to.

I know I am turning into an old fartette now since unless there's actually a heatwave, I always take a nice warm, cosy cover-up absolutely everywhere.

Granny2016 I think that you have hit the nail on the head. It is an image thing.
I was just the same in the late 60's/ early 70's.
I had no confidence. I felt ugly and awkward in myself as a teenager, so when I wore an outfit that made me feel even remotely pretty, I wanted to show it off regardless of the weather, so a coat was a no-no.
And yes, I was often freezing, but it was worth it, or so I thought at the time.
Attitudes change though as we get older don't they!
These days, I do a fair bit of hiking with my lovely Chums. The first thing that I think of clothes wise, is a Thermal vest and Thermal long johns. Lovely and cosy

My dd is at Aberdeen uni, Nipsmum but she isn't one of the semi-naked ones. She always wraps up warm as we used to live in the tropics and she is never too hot here!

As a child, we always knew when it was summer because my dad would discard his knitted pullover. He still had his long-johns, vest, shirt and jacket on, though. You don't want to be taking chances when you live on the Kentish coast.

I remember wearing mini skirt and sling backs in the snow!
What makes me feel queasy is seeing (usually large) men who walk about bare chested at the merest hint of sun.

I live near the university in Aberdeen. I see students going about in the coldest and rainy weather wearing thin flimsy shoes and not at all dressed to cope with the cold weather here. I think they are so used to being in a car at home they dont have clothes to wear in the cold when they are walking or travelling in buses .

I really don't think that young people feel the cold. The number of times DH and I used to drive through the city centre in the early hours of the morning in the winter after visiting friends on the other side of the city, to see youngsters coming out of nightclubs, wearing next to nothing and certainly not anything as uncool as a coat! We came back from France on a coach once when the heating had broken down and there was ice forming on the inside of the windows, it was so cold. We came through Chesterfield very late at night to see lads walking about in teeshirts for all the world as if it was the middle of summer!! I think our GS is going to be one of those - he never seems to feel the cold.

My DH is one of the postmen who is in shorts all year long. It started as a bet, "Who can wear shorts the longest?" but he found that if it rained his legs dried quicker than his trousers would have. He won the bet - 11 years and counting.

Not just girls I have noticed men in there mid 30-40 in shorts t shirts. It's really cold out now the weather keeps going into different temperatures. Don't remember when I was young being allowed to go out in shorts and t's

I think it is a personal thing. I suffered from Febrile convulsions as a child & I still have a heat problem. Never noticed hot flushes at menopause as I'd always had them. I never sleep with even a stitch of clothing on & usually under a very light cover. My younger son is the same. 3 of my GC never feel cold & the other 3 do.
I have a friend who does not even HAVE a coat & another who wears long sleeves all summer.
It's not an age thing I don't think- it is just hw you are made.
Mind you I hate drafts!

Hubby and I watch the rugby league, which is supposed to be a summer game, although the season starts in February. We regularly see a young man on the terraces in shorts and a t-shirt. One Sunday afternoon one of the young women had to take her little boy home, he was so cold that he was crying. But there stood this young man in shirts, t-shirt and sleeveless body warmer. Hubby says maybe the "beer jacket" keeps him warm!

It will come back to bite them when they get a bit older. My sister is a lot younger than me and she used to do the going out in just a slip and no stockings, now it is pay back time.
Mention to any Geordie or Wearsider The Bigg Market and they know instantly what you are talking about. I am surprised that there are not deaths from hypothermia.

Some people genuinely don't feel the cold. There is a mature (70+yrs) gentleman who shops at our local supermarket and summer and winter, wears hiking boots, thick socks and shorts. His concession to freezing weather and snow is to wear a bobble hat. I also remember when I was a teenager, going out with a cheesecloth shirt rolled up and tied around my upper midriff and my grandmother saying something about catching a chill in my kidneys...did I care?...not one bit! It was all about image and appearance. Vanity vanity

It hardens them up to go down the Bigg market on a Friday night, in case they ever live in Newcastle

They are just young and image conscious.
At college in the late 60,s I would go out on a misty Friday night in a flimsy mini dress and not feel cold.Today I am working in jeans and long sleeved top with a good thermal layer INDOORS.
I am always concerned though to see very thin young girls as I wonder if they may have bone problems later.

I don't think the young feel the cold; my son (now 37) would walk the long road to school with his blazer flapping open in icy wind with just a thin cotton shirt to cover his chest. Daughter was just the same; she insisted upon a very stylish but thin 'winter' coat as anything warmer didn't seem to fit the fashion bill at all. She now, aged forty two, has an array of duvet coats, lined macs and beautiful fur lined suede boots so yes, I think as we get older we get colder!

I once heard a jumper described as "something your Granny makes you put on when she feels cold". I guess that sums it up.

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I personally think there should be a law against weather presenters wearing sleeveless, thin tops and dresses (albeit in their nice warm studio) when it's freezing outside and their talking about frost and snow. I shout at the tele - IT'S COLD - GET SOME CLOTHES ON!

I'm in Newcastle and girls here ignore any weather, even in thick snow they are to be seen parading around the town in skimpy clothing. They are definitely hardy and some are foolhardy. Personally I'm in thick jumpers and big coat but then I'm just an oldie!

On the same subject I remember wearing my new purple faux fur coat all summer, even on the beach because I felt the bees knees in it.

Funny how fashion regulates out body temperatures for us, I rarely wore a coat in the cold because I could only afford a nice dress until the purple peril came my way.